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Unique technology designed for field use

Our sensor technology used in our detector products is based on our own open loop IMS-technology, IMCell™, which is combined with a variety of other sensors to provide reliable detection.

The open loop sensor is measuring the ambient air continuously and therefore, the sensitivity of the sensor is high. Also the response of the sensor is fast also in low concentration. Therefore, our detector provides many advantages, especially in field use:

:: better sensitivity with fast response helps save lives, because the protection measures can be started in lower risk of CWA exposure
:: fast response and clear-up: saves time in monitoring of decontamination of vehicles, equipment etc.

Our sensor technology does not require secondary flow arrangements or the use of drying filters scrubbers, which cause a lot of logistics costs. Conventional systems require regular replacement of ‘Molecular Sieve’ at unpredictable intervals. Our sensor technology has:

:: no secondary loop: no scrubbers, filters
:: Very Low Life Cycle Cost

Very typical to other IMS sensor technologies is the need of the sensor to be automatically cleaned after a high concentration of any chemical, so called backflush mode. During this mode the instruments are not operating and the user does not have real time information of the surrounding air. Our sensor is working continuously without backflush.

The radiation source used in our sensor ensures the reliable operation of IMS sensor in all environmental conditions, even in high humidity. The activity of our sensor is several hundred times lower than in the other IMS instrument, and therefore our customers do not have the same level of requirements for handling the material:

:: our instruments have an exempt license from US NRC allowing a free handling within the country
:: our instruments have an approval from the Japanese Government and our detector is only detector allowed for import with source
:: the STUK ( Finnish Radiation safety authority ) has waived our products from special handling requirements.